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I used a counter to fight a business competitor. I had built an ice cream business, and once it got successful, the landlord locked us out, installed his daughter as the manager, and stole our entire business. He knew we didn't have the money to fight it civilly, and he had relatives on the police force, so they refused to deal with it criminally. They told all of our customers that we had sold it to them, which we had NOT.
But I still had control of the website, so I changed it to tell the entire story, with names. Every single thing I said could be backed up with documents and/or witness testimony, so I just laughed when he demanded I remove it or he'd sue me. I reminded him that it was ALL true, he knew it, and I could prove it. My primary objective at that point was to force them to stop using the name, MY company's name.
What made my web page really powerful was the counter at the bottom. As that number rose, it meant more locals were reading it, and spreading the word. It also showed a correlation - as the number rose, their customers dropped, and their business tanked. Eventually they changed the name, but that didn't help, and they ended up selling the business.
15 years later and I'm still in business, using the name they tried to steal. Last week I was at an event and a young woman asked if I was the same guy who used to own that ice cream shop, and she was excited to find out it was me. She went often as a kid, and missed it when I was gone. She also said they stopped going when they heard it had been stolen, and said the place that replaced mine "sucks."
That counter was a powerful weapon in my battle.